Safety razor



. 1 1,617,189 8 1927' w. G. ADAMS SAFETY RAZOR Filed Sept. .26, 1923 WILLIAM G. ADAIVES, 6F ROANOKEf VIRGIN-IA.

SAFETY RAZOR.

Application filed September 26, 1923. Serial No. 664,972.

My improvement relates to a safety razor structure wherein provision is made for conveniently turning the blade so as to bring first one side and then the other side of the blade against the face. during the shaving operation, whereby the blade may longer be kept in cutting condition.

, Structures for this purpose are described. in my application for, Letters Patent, Serial No. 578,377, filed July 29, 1922, and in my application for Letters Patent, Serial No. 623,992, filed March 9, 1923. In those structuresnthe blade is held by a holder which is'attached to and turnable' on the supporting frame. In the construction. of the present application, the blade holder easily detachable from the supporting frame for turning the holder and thereby reversing the blade. I I 1 ,1 In the accompanying drawings, (i. Fig. 1 is a perspective of a safety razor embodying my improvement, the blade and blade holder having been detached and raised. above the working position;

Fig. 2 is. a perspective of the blade holder; Fig.

F 3 looking toward the left; 7 Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 3, the blade-engaging hooks being given a yielding support;v i Fig. 6 is a section onthe line, 66, of

looking toward the left."

Referring to Figs. 1, 2,3 and 4: of the to bear on one side of the back,.D and has at'the other side an arm, E adapted to bear on the other side of the back, D about midway between the arms, E 9n the back ofthe holder, E, is a handle, E

.On each side edge of the guard, O, is a hook, C extending above and across the j upper face of the guard toward the oppo 7 site hook, the space between the hook and the upper face of the guard being sui'licient to receive the side edge of the blade, -D,

when the blade lies fiatwise on the guard.

the lugs, F3.

3- is a. section on. the line, 33, of Fig.1 looking toward the right. 1

"Fig. Al is a, section on the line, H, of

On the rear part of the guard is a flexible.

U-form member, F, having its arms directed toward the forward edge of the guard and secured to theguard by pins or rivets, .F. ()n the rearpart of each of said arms is a lug, F which rests against the back of the holder, E, when the holder and blade of the member, F, and rearward offlsaid rivets the face of the guard is curved downward so as to leave free the part of themember, F, which is rearward of the rivets. On the rear middle part of the member, F,is .a handle, F adapted to be engaged by the thumb or-finger of the operator and pressed downward farv I enough to lower the lugs, F sufficiently to allow the holder, E, to be moved rearward in the plane of the blade for'the ..withdrawal of the blade from the guard. When the blade and the holder, are to be inserted-on the guard, vthe handle, FF, issimilarly pressed downward to allow theiholderto pass over Near the forward edge of 1 theguard, a lug, 0?, rises from eachside 'edge'of the guard in position. to bear against the adjacent side edge of the blade when thelatterand theholder are in working'position. 1 If, during presses the rear part of the member, F, and grasps. the handle, E ,"and draws the holder and blade backward, in the plane of the blade, until the blade is free ,from the h0oks,-G Then he reverses the blade and pushes it forward, in the plane of the blade,

under'the hooks, C until the blade and the holder again assume the working posi tion, the lugs, F automatically rising into position behind the holder, E, whenthe blade and the holder are returned to the working position. v V 7 As shown in Fig. 3, the bodies of the hooks, C rest throughoutv their; length against the lower face of the guard, C," and are secured to the guard by rivets, 0

In the form shown in Figs. 5 and 6, each book, C is secured to the guard, C,by rivets the shaving operation, the blade is to be reversed, the operator de-' placed near the end of the body of the hook, 1

and from those rivets the body of the hook iiciently to allow upward movement'of the extends downward away from the guard sufbook abo'vethe position occupied when the;

blade, D, is inposition-underthe'hook, the" body of the'hook being made flexible to permit upward movement. Stationary lugs, F are placed on the guard in lieu of the lugs, F which are supported on the flexible U-i'orm member, F, as above described.

For inserting the blade when theflexiblehooks and the fixed lugs are used,.-the for; ward edge of the blade isinserted under.

tion in front of the lugs, Ffl'the-ho'oks, C draw the blade downward agalnst'the guard.

The blade and the blade back-and the blade lielder together form a blade structure.

I claim as my invention, r 1. In a safety. razor, the combination of a relatively'stationaiy fiat blade supporti-ng.

member, a handle on said member, afhook at a relativelystat onary fiat blade-supporting each side edge of said memberpa blade adapted to have either side applied flatwise' to said supporting member in engagement with said hooks, releasable means acting away from the handle and being upturned at the rear for-engaging the back of the blade and holding it against the supporting member, and a handle extending from the blade parallel to the flat part of said supporting member, substantially as described.

'2. In asa fety razor, the'eombination of a relatively stationary fiat blade-supporting member, a handle on said-member, -a hook at' each side edge}ot saidmember, a blade adapted to have either side applied flatwiseto said supporting memberin'eiigagef' ment with said hooks, releasable me'ans aoting away rrom the handle, andbeingnp-J turned at the rear for engaging the-back of;

the blade and holding it' ya'gainst the stp. porting member, and a handle extending from the blade in the'plane of the blade, f su'b stantia'lly,asdescribed. t

,3. a safety razoiythe combination of'a relatively "stationary flat blade-supporting member, a main handle onsaid member, a

heck at. each, side edgefofsaid member, a bla'dell adapted todhave either side applied "fiatwiseto 'saidsupporting member in en gageinent withsaid hooks, flexible releasable three;

means acting away from the main handle and'being upturned at the rear for engaging the back of the blade and holding it against the supporting member, a holder detachably applied to the blade, and a handle on and parallel to the holder, substantially as described. p

' 4. lnja vsafety razor, the combination of a relatively stationary flat blade-supporting ie'mber, a handle on said member, a hook at each side I edge of said membef, 'e blade adapted tohave either side-applied liatwlse to. said supporting 'member in engagement withj'saidhooks; releasable means acting away from the handleland being upturned at therear i'or engaging the back of the blade and holding itagainst the supporting mei'nbemax holder detachably applied to the "blade, and a handle on' the holder in the plane of the blade, substantially as described. p

5., In a sat'etyrazoxgIthe combination of member, means on; said member tor engagng the side edges oi the blade, a blade and extending upward at theback of and against the back of the blade, substantially as described.

'6. In .a safety'razor, the combination of a relatively stationary and fiat blade supporting member, a main handle attached to'said 'member, a blade adapted to have either side applied flatw se uponsaid supportlng mem 'ber, means for releasably engaglng the end edges of the blade for holding the blade in f such o'sitiom and ahandle su norted b' moving, turn ng and replacing the blade on the supporting :meinber,substantially as described.

7 In testimonywhereof I have signed my name this 25th day of September, in the yearone-thousand n ne hundred and twenty WILLIAM G. ADAMS.

"theblade-"between the: ends of the blade and s free irom the bladejsupportmg member and a-dapted'tobe grasped by the'hand for re 

